British public-sector pay will not be able to keep up with soaring inflation, transport minister Mark Harper said on Sunday, as the country faces a wave of industrial disputes.
A woman in a protective mask is seen at Andreas Grocery store after it received a delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in London, Britain, March 20, 2020.
Finance minister Jeremy Hunt said state pensions and most benefits would rise in line with inflation in a budget statement on Nov. 17, but announced a longer-termThese plans leave little scope for government ministers to approve major pay rises. Harper said a meeting last week with the heads of Britain's National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association had been productive.Transport unions have said Britain's government - which heavily subsidises rail operators - has effectively blocked rail companies from reaching a pay deal with workers.
Harper said he wanted to see reforms to working practices in the rail sector - where Sunday working is optional - before agreeing more public funding.
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